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Originally posted by musky_mike 

This is a common problem that you should add (I still haven't figured it out).



Hey, allright! 2 birds and one stone.

You have a movie clip on the main stage. The movieclip contains a button. Now when you click this button you want Flash to gotoAndPlay Scene 2.



Someone told me it's immposible, but I doubt that. 

I originally thought this would be plain and simple, but now i see why you were told it is impossible. However, as most things in flash, it is quite possible.
To get this to work, you need a function on the timeline that gives the button its code. Just make sure you have given your container movieclip, and the button instance names, and type them in. This code goes on the main timeline, and you're all set to go.

Actionscript:

containerMC.Scene_Change_BTN.onRelease = function (){
  gotoAndPlay("Scene 2", 1);
};

You can use these Assignment Functions (that is my made up name for these. I dont know their real name) to assign code to any object in your scene as long as it has an instance name. While I myself do not use this method often, some people use it exclusivly. It can be very helpful if you don't like hunting through several nested layers to change code, or if you have a bunch of similar buttons/movieclips that all require the same code (simply use a for loop)

doing this also lets you centralize your code, so you don't have to remember what code is on what button. it's all in the same place.